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Why OPTOKON Expanded Beam connectors are essential in military and harsh environment applications

02 February

Traditional butt-contact fiber optic connectors have proven to be unreliable in harsh environment applications due to their sensitivity to dirt, dust, mud, water, oil and other contaminants. Expanded beam fiber optic connectors offer the solution. This article explains the benefits of expanded beam technology over butt-contact connectors and demonstrates how expanded beam connectors offer improved reliability in military and other harsh environment applications.